Professional paper

About Suffix Formation of Augmentatives in Croatian Language

Edita Medić ; Odjel za kroatistiku i slavistiku Sveučilište u Zadru

Abstract

This work gives a review of suffix formation of augmetatives in contemporary Croatian grammar books and textbooks of Croatian language. By means of a questionnaire carried out 16 among the students of philological study groups it determines in the formation of which nouns exceptions appear. Additionally, it offers the reasons for possible misunderstandings. Insecurity appears in the formation of augmentative of neutral nouns application of which is not common in everyday use/communication. Such nouns are for example: sunce, srce, dijete, pismo.

Keywords

word formation; suffix formation of of neutral nouns

Hrčak ID:

195770

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/195770

Publication date:

16.3.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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